Broom-cover.



PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908.

W. S. LODGE.

BROOM COVER.

APPLICATION FILED P1139, 1905.

broom, to be usee .1

WILLIAM S LODGE, G

F ALBANY, NEW YORK.

BROGN-CGVER.

Application filed February To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM S. LODGE, a citizen the United States of.m1erico, and a resident of the city and county of Albeny, State of NewYork, have invented certain new and usetul bnprov'ements in BroomsCovers, which the following is specifies tion.

My invention to improvements in.

dusting and poo j "vie-es, and. the object of my mventaon orovide coveyfor leasing and brushing the coil v and woiis eod polishing the floorsof on apartmen 1 attain this eject by means of mech anism ifiustmtez, inthe accompanying (ire, ings, in which:

Figure 1 is e petspeetive vi W of my broom "i cover, 511g, 2 eperspective 718W 01 a room and my invention, showing the H1351 oer ofplacing the sever on e broom. 3 as e persgectlve View of e-broom Wlth my111- "vention thereon in position for use. Fig. 4

is a perspective View of o modified form of my invention. Fig. 5 isepersoeotive View of a further modified form thereof.

Similar letters refer to similol throughout the severe Views.

I preferably make my cover of knit oioth, in the form of e eylinder,opened at eeoh end,

end provided. with e working pert, 1%., of

heavy :fieeeed materiel, and at each end thereof secure lighterjtoa-teria], B, U, end.

so to broom, and

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as 3 end Specification of Letters Patent.

1905 Serial No. 2%.840

double filiCkUQSS oi the heavy fleeeed material makes o soft andresilient oushion, by which the surface to be cleaned will be acted onmost advontegeoilsly and with! o danger of injury by scratching, o1othel end after it is Worn on one side it can be turned over on theother side of the broom and. present 8.1182 7 surface, also, when coverworn at the oorners, it may be to Med, so thet the W017i portion mayeome away from the corners of the broom. It eon be reversed, end forend, piecing the WOLA end in contact with the blOOIll proper, and theother end'mede to do the work of dusting one. polishing ete.

I Show; in Fig. 4, & modified form of my invention, 1'11 which theortion is e. to pass over the end of t 1e broom, the broom passingthrough or into fillies-1 formed. cover, shown in I. 3, the lighterportiaols, j, f, pro; shin strings, G, G, respeetively, pose of seemingon each side of the broom the cover to the homfie,

I show, in Fig. 5, e further modifiedform in which the poTtiooA", isclosed at one end, forming a seek, and at the opposite end orovided withthe ates portioio, o, to whiofl shin string, e, 1e attached. In. use thebroom is thrust into the seek thus formed, and the seek is held piecethereon by the shire styingg's o.

oo' tions, shown in 1 5 and C on? be united, sewing; the piecestogether, they 12' oe mode of one elee, out o eioth. eon

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t Alt-3d v M 3 port and toe pert. eoeor- Emu been

for seeming the cover to Z03? r'ooidmg flap down,

mention and desire weight secured to each end of said working each endsecured to the broom, suhstan- 10 portions, respectively; a, means forcontially as described. tracting the loose edges'of said lighter fabric;Signed at Albany, N..Y. this 7th day .ofi, all so eggstrrgcigd thlz ztdabrocinihrieay be Feb. 1905. v Y 5 serted t on ecym rlca ig rweig. A

Eortion and about midway through the v LODGE eavy Working portion; thebalance of the Witnesses: broom cover being bent over upon the por-FREDERICK W. CAMERO tion covering one side of the broom, and Lo'r'rI-EPRIOR.

